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Brenna Clairr O'Tierney M.A. in Strategic Public Relations

For Veronica Navarrete, the word ‘Google’ is much more than a verb or the most popular search engine. It’s a way of life. After graduating from the MSPR program in 2011, she landed a job as a communications associate on the Chrome team at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California.

She handles a...

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Melody Kim B.A. in Public Relations

There are milk jugs everywhere. I have about 220 in my basement, another 50 are in the backyard, and a few loose ones are lying in my car. I still need a few more, but soon I'll be ready for Troy Camp's annual fundraiser, Pass the Can, where we send an empty milk jug through every aisle of the Coliseum during halftime at the homecoming...

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Cara Lasala M.A. in Strategic Public Relations

Freshman year of high school is awkward and challenging for any 14 year-old, especially when within days of each other your grandfather passes away and your dad is diagnosed with cancer. Even at that young age, I made a conscious decision that I would someday work in cancer research, awareness, or advocacy so that I could make...

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Brenna Clairr O'Tierney M.A. in Strategic Public Relations

Jillian Smillie graduated from the MSPR program in 2010 and currently works for Charles Schwab as a manager, Employee Communications, at the company headquarters in San Francisco.

The Employee Communications team at Schwab is a centralized function within Human Resources and Employee Services that provides...